Ubuntu Manpage: cec-compliance - An application to verify remote CEC devices

NAME

       cec-compliance - An application to verify remote CEC devices

SYNOPSIS

       cec-compliance [-h] [-d <dev>] [other options]

DESCRIPTION

The cec-compliance utility can be used to test how well remote CEC devices comply with the
CEC specification. It can also be used to test the local CEC adapter (with the -A option).

By default it will run through all tests, but if one or more of the feature test options
is given, then only those tests will be performed. A set of core tests is always run.

The CEC adapter needs to be configured before it is used to run tests with cec-compliance.
Use cec-ctl for configuration.

If the CEC adapter has claimed several logical addresses, the test set is run from each
logical address in succession. The remote device needs to report a valid physical address
in order to run tests on it.

When running compliance tests, cec-follower should be run on the same adapter. cec-
follower will reply to messages that are not handled by cec-compliance. cec-follower will
also monitor the device under test for behaviors that are not compliant with the
specification. Before each test-run cec-follower should be restarted if it is already
running, to initialize the emulated device with a clean and known initial state.

Some tests require interactive mode (with the -i option) to confirm that the test passed.
When in interactive mode, the user is asked to observe or perform actions on the remote
device. Some tests also give conclusive test results when run in interactive mode.

When testing the local CEC adapter's compliance with the CEC API, there must be at least
one remote device present in order to test transmitting and receiving.

The compliance tests can have several possible outcomes besides passing and failing:

OK The test passed.

OK (Unexpected) The test passed, but it was unexpected for the device
under test to support it. This might for example occur
when a TV replies to messages in the Deck Control
feature.

OK (Not Supported) The feature that was tested is not supported by the
device under test, and that feature was not mandatory for
the device to pass.

OK (Presumed) Nothing went wrong during the test, but the test cannot
positively verify that the required effects of the test
occurred. The test runner should verify that the test
passed by manually observing the device under test. This
is typically the test result for tests that send
messages that are not replied to, but which induce some
side effect on the device under test, such as a TV
switching to another input or sending a Remote Control
command.

OK (Refused) The device supports the feature or message being tested,
but responded <Feature Abort> ["Refused"] to indicate
that it cannot perform the given operation. This might
for example occur when trying to test the One Touch
Record feature on a TV with copy protection enabled.

FAIL The test failed and was expected to pass on the device.

OK (Expected Failure) Failed but this was expected. This can only happen
if the --expect option was used that specified
that a particular test would return a FAIL result.

FAIL (Expected X, got Y) The test returned a different result than was expected.
This can only happen if the --expect option was used
that specified that a particular test would return a specific
non-FAIL result.

Some tests depend on other tests being successful. These are not run if the tests they
depend on failed, and they will not be shown in the test listing.

OPTIONS

-d, --device <dev>
Use device <dev> as the CEC device. If <dev> is a number, then /dev/cec<dev> is
used.

-D, --driver <drv>
Use a cec device that has driver name <drv>, as returned by the CEC_ADAP_G_CAPS
ioctl. This option can be combined with -a to uniquely identify a CEC device
without having to rely on the device node number.

-a, --adapter <adap-name>
Use a cec device that has adapter name <adap-name>, as returned by the
CEC_ADAP_G_CAPS ioctl. This option can be combined with -D to uniquely identify a
CEC device without having to rely on the device node number.

-E, --exit-on-fail
Exit this application when the first failure occurs instead of continuing with a
possible inconsistent state.

-l, --list-tests
List all tests and the possible test results. This is used by the --expect option.

-e, --expect <test>=<result>
-n, --expect-with-no-warnings <test>=<result> Fail if the test gave a different
result. The --list-tests option lists all the possible tests and what result values
can be used.

This can be used in test scripts to verify that a specific result was returned by
the test. One use-case is to verify that an optional feature is actually supported,
so an OK result instead of an OK (Not Supported) result is expected.

It can also be used to accept known failures. In that case the test will not fail,
but return an OK (Expected Failure) result.

The --expect-with-no-warnings variant is more strict and will also check that the
test produced no warnings.

-v, --verbose
Turn on verbose reporting.

--version
Show version information.

-w, --wall-clock
Show timestamps as wall-clock time. This also turns on verbose reporting.

-T, --trace
Trace all called ioctls. Useful for debugging.

-h, --help
Prints the help message.

-W, --exit-on-warn
Exit this application when the first warning occurs instead of continuing.

-s, --skip-info
Skip the Driver Info output section.

-C, --color <when>
Highlight OK/warn/fail/FAIL strings with colors. OK is marked green, warn is marked
bold, and fail/FAIL are marked bright red if enabled. <when> can be always, never,
or auto (the default).

-N, --no-warnings
Turn off warning messages.

-r, --remote <la>
As initiator test the remote logical address <la> or all LAs if no LA was given.

-i, --interactive
Interactive mode when doing remote tests.

-R, --reply-threshold <timeout>
Warn if replies take longer than this threshold (default 1000ms).

-t, --timeout <secs>
Set the standby/resume timeout to the given number of seconds. Default is 60s.

-A, --test-adapter
Test the CEC adapter API

-F, --test-fuzzing
Test the remote CEC adapter by randomly creating CEC messages. This runs forever
until an error occurs.

--test-core
Test the core functionality

--test-audio-rate-control
Test the Audio Rate Control feature

--test-audio-return-channel-control
Test the Audio Return Channel Control feature

--test-capability-discovery-and-control
Test the Capability Discovery and Control feature

--test-deck-control
Test the Deck Control feature

--test-device-menu-control
Test the Device Menu Control feature

--test-device-osd-transfer
Test the Device OSD Transfer feature

--test-dynamic-audio-lipsync
Test the Dynamic Audio Lipsync feature

--test-osd-display
Test the OSD Display feature

--test-one-touch-play
Test the One Touch Play feature

--test-one-touch-record
Test the One Touch Record feature

--test-power-status
Test the Power Status feature

--test-remote-control-passthrough
Test the Remote Control Passthrough feature

--test-routing-control
Test the Routing Control feature

--test-system-audio-control
Test the System Audio Control feature

--test-system-information
Test the System Information feature

--test-timer-programming
Test the Timer Programming feature

--test-tuner-control
Test the Tuner Control feature

--test-vendor-specific-commands
Test the Vendor Specific Commands feature

--test-standby-resume
Test standby and resume functionality. This will activate testing of Standby, Give
Device Power Status and One Touch Play.

EXIT STATUS

       On success, it returns 0. Otherwise, it will return the error code.

EXAMPLE

       We want to test the compliance of a TV when it is interacting with a Playback device.  The
       device node of the CEC adapter which the TV is connected to is /dev/cec1.

       The  local CEC adapter first needs to be configured as a Playback device, and it must have
       an appropriate physical address. It is important that the physical address is correct,  so
       as  to  not confuse the device under test. For example, if the CEC adapter is connected to
       the first input of the TV, the physical address 1.0.0.0 should generally be used.

           cec-ctl -d1 --playback --phys-addr 1.0.0.0

       Most CEC adapters will automatically detect the physical address, and for  those  adapters
       the --phys-addr option is not needed.

       Next, cec-follower also has to be started on the same device:

           cec-follower -d1

       cec-compliance  can  now be run towards the TV by supplying the -r option with the logical
       address 0:

           cec-compliance -d1 -r0

BUGS

       This manual page is a work in progress.

       Bug  reports  or  questions  about  this  utility   should   be   sent   to   the   linux-
       media@vger.kernel.org mailinglist.